Patents by Inventor Fred Balsiger

Fred Balsiger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for exposing tasks in a development environment
    Patent number: 7490314
    Abstract: A user interface is provided that exposes items such as developer tasks, commands, property settings, and other related information to a user. The user interface may be invoked in a number of development interfaces such as, for example, a designer or an editor. The user interface may be either an object bound interface or an action triggered interface. An object bound interface exposes a set of items that are associated with a corresponding object. An action triggered interface exposes a set of items that are associated with a corresponding triggering action. In addition to enumerating developer tasks, the user interface may provide a direct link to other interfaces that facilitate task execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Yuknewicz, Michael Harsh, Simon Calvert, Donna Wallace, Antoine Cote, Fred Balsiger, Nikhil Kothari, Brian Pepin, Jeffrey Chrisope, Graeme Mott, Christopher Dias, Bulusu Krishna Mohan, Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Joseph F. Kubiniec, James Schmelzer, Corrina Barber, Anson M. Horton, Meghan Rae Perez
  • System and method for exposing tasks in a development environment
    Publication number: 20050171967
    Abstract: A user interface is provided that exposes items such as developer tasks, commands, property settings, and other related information to a user. The user interface may be invoked in a number of development interfaces such as, for example, a designer or an editor. The user interface may be either an object bound interface or an action triggered interface. An object bound interface exposes a set of items that are associated with a corresponding object. An action triggered interface exposes a set of items that are associated with a corresponding triggering action. In addition to enumerating developer tasks, the user interface may provide a direct link to other interfaces that facilitate task execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Paul Yuknewicz, Michael Harsh, Simon Calvert, Donna Wallace, Antoine Cote, Fred Balsiger, Nikhil Kothari, Brian Pepin, Jeffrey Chrisope, Graeme Mott, Christopher Dias, Bulusu Mohan, Andrew Lin, Joseph Kubiniec, James Schmelzer, Corrina Barber, Anson Horton, Meghan Perez